Home for the Day
(sing to the tune of "Home on the Range")
From the book Revenge of the Lunch Ladies
Oh, give me the phone,
so that I can call home,
and my mom can come get me today.
I’m feeling so sick.
Get me out of here quick.
Oh, I just need to go home and stay.
Home, home for the day.
Yes, I just need to go home and stay.
For the truth of it is,
teacher gave us a quiz,
and I just wasn’t ready today.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2007. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: School Poems, Super Silly Songs
Poetic Techniques: Lyric & Dramatic Poems, Rhyme Schemes
Word Count: 73
From the book Revenge of the Lunch Ladies
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